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Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks
jackbird writes "Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent for ABC news says a confidential source informed him that reporter's phone records are being used by the administration to track down leaks. Apparently reporters for the New York Times, ABC News, and the Washington Post are being scrutinized. The fact that ABC News journalists are even seriously wondering about whether the warning is connected to the NSA's domestic surveillance activities indicates just how anxious many people in Washington have become."
You're talking about the leak from the White House that outed a covert CIA agent endangering both her, her contacts, and possibly her husband, right?
"Mission Accomplished" -- George W. Bush May 1, 2003
Get out while you can.
STOP . AMERICA . NOW
What with these developments, it might be a good idea to start practicing for the soon-to-come rallies.
1) Remember, use your right arm. Palm flat, pointing towards the ground, with the edge of your hand over your heart. Salute by swinging your arm out stiffly until pointing forwards. "Sieg Heil!" has been deprecated in favor of the English translation, "Hail Victory!"
2) Back rigid and straight. Legs as stiff and straight as possible. Raise one leg until it is at a 45-degree angle to the other (which is vertical). Step forward.
3) Nucular, not nuclear.
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Republican Nazis are at it again!!!!!
Yeah, remember when Clinton was being impeached and none of the newspapers would cover it because of their "liberal bias"?
Actually they covered it but did a pretty good job of publicising the liberal spin, that the BJ was a marital issue, and successfully buried the conservative argument that the offense was lying to the court under oath, not the BJ itself.
Gimme a break. Whoever is in power has a big target on their ass.
Agreed, but with a caveat. The predominantly liberal press will take a shot at a fellow liberal when they are hungry, but they will take shots at a conservative simply for the sport of it. Conservatives are at a greater risk.
You may not have noticed that grandparent is responsible for 17 comments out of 627--nearly 3% of everything that's been said--in this story. Yet somehow you think that I'm the Troll? I'm at a loss.
...and by all means, mod this one down, too--I've enough Karma to burn. I prefer "Offtopic," since "Troll" seems unnecessarily racist. Trolls, after all, have feelings, too. I'll even forgo the bonus, to give you a head start!
Asswipe.
Probably sound just like the impotent whining left winger in the country right now. "boo hoo hoo why won't anyone listen to us!!! It's 1984, with Nazis!!!"